T'pol's uniform/first vulcan in Star Fleet

[Ithekro]

Leeta was shown to be employed in a profession designed to exploit others, by a species known to do so as part of their cultural ethos.

 

[Prax]

This isn't depicted as something negative though. And aside from her job, she does fit the stereotype. She has huge cleavage, she mostly brainless, she'll sleep with anyone, even after just meeting them. She's like walking sex most of the time.

I'm not trying to diss Leeta for anyone really mad about my comment. It's just for the sake of argument.

Another one that hasn't really been mentioned is Kira. In the pilot, she's dressed like any other Bajoran Militia(albeit red), but by the end of season 1, she has her own custom catsuit. She still has the big shoulder pads. By season 4/5, She has a totally different uniform than any other Bajorans. It's a skin tight spandex catsuit, she wears a lot more make up, and even wears giant high heels(even while pregnant).

Personally, I think Troy looks better in uniform(and she should be in one more than anyone, and thankfully does towards the end. I think Kira looked a lot better in a Starfleet Uniform at the end of season 7. And Seven definitely looked better in "Relativity."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

This isn't depicted as something negative though. And aside from her job, she does fit the stereotype. She has huge cleavage, she mostly brainless, she'll sleep with anyone, even after just meeting them. She's like walking sex most of the time.

Leeta is not, in any sense of the word, brainless. She is actually very intelligent and perceptive. She is definitely not a stereotypical Dabo girl.

And where did you get the notion that Leeta would sleep with anyone? I didn't get that impression from her either. We see her in, what, two relationships? After she and Bashir break up, she dates and then marries Rom. And in both cases, she handles her personal life in a very sensible manner (i.e. she's not flighty or inattentive - hell, even the breakup scene with Bashir is done respectfully).

 

[Sci]

Why does a woman need to assert her sexual agency?

To fight against a common unconsciously-held feeling that women exist to please men.

Here's a non-sequitur:
-TNG possibly portrayed Troy in sexist manner. The actress herself seems to acknowledge this

-Vague generalization about "second wave feminism" having occurred since then. (This is ill-defined, subjective, and assumptive as to what effects this should or should not have on future Trek.)

-Therefore, producers of Voyager and Enterprise should have known better.

What this non sequitur amounts to is "Yeah, TNG did it, but second wave feminism hadn't even hit yet, so how could they have known"

Second-wave feminism hit the United States in the 1960s. The producers of TNG should have known better, too.

It also ignores Marina Sirtis' comments, which show that the characters of seven(especially), and T'Pol are far less objectified than Troy was(or how about Leeta, a walking definition of Sirtis' claimed Hollywood sexist stereotype.)

I'm not particularly interested in comparing degrees of objectification. All of these characters -- T'Pol, Seven of Nine, Leeta, and Counselor Troi -- were sexually objectified, and these stand out as poor creative decisions on the producers' parts.